To answer the question correctly, students must notice both the date of the event and the date of the painting and understand that the gap in time between the two limits the usefulness of the source as evidence of what happened at the Siege of Golconda.
Level: Proficient
Student explains why the time gap limits the reliability of the source as evidence of what happened at the Siege of Golconda.
Level: Emergent
Student evaluates reliability of the source, but does not fully explain the problems caused by the gap in time.
Level: Basic
Student does not recognize the gap in time and instead takes the painting at face value or provides an irrelevant response.
